We are running Jacob's Tower and I decided to go with a meat shield. I've built a half-giant Invulnerable Rager with planned dips in Aegis and Fighter. The fighter dips are mostly for the feats, but I'm debating the 3rd level of Weapon Master as I'm not sure if it would be better than another level of either Aegis or Barbarian. Since half-giant is a Psionic race, I decided to check out the Psionic classes and like Aegis. I think it compliments this build fairly well, especially with the feats I've chosen for it. Anyway, hear is the build. The feat at level 19 was a head-scratcher. I figured a lump sum of 19HP wasn't a bad thing. He just reached level 3 so it is definitely not set in stone. Your gentle critique would be greatly appreciated.
Raging Hulk: Your rage infuses your astral suit, turning you into a hulking monstrosity.
Prerequisites: Rage power class feature, astral suit class feature
Benefit: For the purpose of level requirements for rage powers or astral suit customizations, add your levels of barbarian and aegis together. Damage reduction from either class stacks. In addition, any time you enter a rage, you can activate augment suit as a free action.
Student of the Astral Suit:Your studies in other areas has not hindered your skill with astral suits.
Prerequisites: Invigorating suit class feature.
Benefit: Treat your class level as four higher to determine your number of customization points and which customizations you can select for your astral suit, to a maximum of your character level.
Half-Giant Invulnerable Rager Barbarian
18/12/17/8/10/7
Traits:
Axe to Grind (Combat)
Adopted: Carefully Hidden (Human)
Feats:
L1B1 Raging Vitality
L2F1 Power Attack
L3B2 Extra Rage Power, (RP) Reckless Abandon, Superstitious, DR 1/-
L4F2 Furious Focus
L5A1 Raging Hulk
L6B3 (RP) Witch Hunter
L7B4 Combat Reflexes, DR 2/-
L8B5 (RP) Spell Sunder
L9B6 Improved Sunder, DR 3/-
L10A2 (RP) Internal Fortitude, DR 5/-
L11A3 Student of the Astral Suit
L12B7 (RP) Eater of Magic
L13B8 Extra Rage Power – Strength Surge, DR 6/-
L14B9 (RP) Unexpected Strike
L15B10 Extra Rage Power –Come and Get Me, DR 7/-
L16F3 Weapon Training
L17B11 Raging Brutality, (RP) Mighty Swing
L18B12 DR 8/-
L19B13 Toughness, (RP) Renewed Vigor,
L20B14 DR 9/-
Bump.
The feats and rage powers look solid at a glance. I don't agree with the 10 wisdom. Did you roll for stats?
I don't like improved sunder, but that is a personal thing, and I would save come and get me until you are higher level unless you are sure the cleric does not mind healing you.
Not familiar with p sionics, but at a glance your rage powers appear to be off. Rage powers come from even barbarian levels, not odd ones, and you seem to even have one coming from an Aegis level. If this has something to do with Raging Hulk, it only states that levels stack for level requirements (prerequisites), not for the number of powers you have or when you gain them.
EDIT: it also appears as if you're stacking DR/- from multiple sources; I'd check to see if they allow that because most don't.
Ah, yes. That part I missed.
@wraithstrike - It is point buy. The low WIS is partially for flavor and partially to boost my CON as high as possible. I have been wanting to make a high CON/HP build, but this is as close as I could bring myself to do it. He's kind of a dumb brute. I know my Will Save will suffer for it, but I'm also trying to combat spell effects with the Spell Sunder power (which is also the reason for the Improved Sunder).
@ Avoron/Rhorik - Yes, Raging Hulk lets my levels from both classes count for both. The complete description is in the spoiler. After looking at it some more, because of Raging Hulk, I'm actually thinking about taking more levels of Aegis for the increased customization points. I know I want to get to Barbarian 11 for Greater Rage, but I don't think I need to go beyond that since Rage Powers and DR stack. Although, Indomitable Will seems like it might be a significant loss. I'm not sure if the last Fighter level is worth it just for Weapon Training.
"For the purpose of level requirements for rage powers or astral suit customizations, add your levels of barbarian and aegis together." I may be wrong here, but the feat doesn't seem to be worded to grant you EXTRA rage powers or customizations, or change the rate at which you gain them. So, for example, you could take 6 of barb, then 2 of aegis, then 2 of barb and still qualify for a rage power that requires you to be barbarian level 10. But going, say, 8 barb then 2 aegis will not suddenly give you a rage power from an aegis level, because aegis 2 does not grant the "rage power" class feature. Does that make sense?
You might be right... Dang.